Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree on termination of membership in the National Security Council of the chairman of the opposition party 'Prosperous Armenia', one of the country's richest men, Gagik Tsarukyan, for systematic failure to appear at the meeting.
Earlier, speaking at the Republican Party Council meeting, Serzh Sargsyan leveled harsh criticism at Tsarukyan for his 'pseudo-political' activity, saying he would be excluded from the Security Council because "the supreme security body of the country is not a cinema where one can come and leave when he wants."
Sargsyan also said that a meeting of the Security Council will be held today, at which the law-enforcement agencies will discuss verification of rumors about Tsarukyan's relationship with the criminal underworld.
